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1021. Papyrus 1303

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1303
Title:
Sale of Barrels (SB XX 14712, P.Lond. III 1303 descr., TM 23794)
Scope & Content:
Contract for the sale of 2400 barrels for future delivery, purchased through a priest by a church in the Hermopolite nome, from Aurelius Colluthus, son of Pheus, potter of the village of Phby. With docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
498
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, complete on the left, broken off at the bottom and right, damaged at the top; with few insect holes in places; written on both sides. The front bears 9 lines running along the fibres, all lacking the ends, with a small trace of a tenth line at the bottom. Additional traces are visible in the upper left corner. The left (15 mm) and partly the upper (20 mm) margins survive. Folding lines are still visible. On the back, there is one line running along the fibres and lacking the end. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1022. Papyrus 1304

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1304
Title:
Miscellaneous documents (SB XVI 12868, TM 16313; P.Lond. III 1304(b) descr., TM 22878, under publication)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (SB XVI 12868, TM 16313): Contract to perform a work for a period of one year as a bath-man for a private bath-owner. Dated 592-593. Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 1304(b) descr., TM 22878): Fragment of an unidentifiable document addressed Aurelius Georgius son of Silvanus fro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
566-593
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Upper right portion of a papyrus sheet, with a insect-holes at the bottom, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 13 lines; the upper margin is extant, no margin was left to the right. A sheet-join runs vertically along the right edge. The back is blank.

Lower papyrus (B): Upper right portion of a papyrus sheet, with insect-holes at the bottom written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 6 lines; the upper margin is extant, no margin was left to the right. The back is blank.

1023. Papyrus 1305

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1305
Title:
Order to Deliver and Account (SB XX 14456, P.Lond. III 1305 descr., TM 38458)
Scope & Content:
Order from Flavius Demeas, lawyer (scholasticus) and public advocate (ekdikos), to Artemidorus to deliver 12 artabas of wheat to three persons, and receive a money payment from them. On the back there are traces of an account, unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7 Match 506 or 521
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, lacking part of the lower edge, with insect holes and surface damage throughout; written on both sides across the fibres. The back bears traces of one column; on the front, there are 7 lines, the last mutilated. Part of a sheet-join running along the width of the sheet is visible in the lower edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1024. Papyrus 1307

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1307
Title:
Lease of Land (ZPE 215 (2020), p. 260, P.Lond. III 1307 descr., TM 22880)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a two-year lease of non-irrigated land located in the village of Ision Sesembythis, in the Hermopolite nome, the lessee being Aurelius Solomon, son of Esaeus and Eus, from Hermopolis, and the lessor a subdeacon of the martyrium of St Cyriacus (his name is lost).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 September 509
Extent:

Portion of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and sides; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 9 lines, lacking beginnings and ends; the upper margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1025. Papyrus 1308

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1308
Title:
Will (ZPE 156 (2006), pp. 223-225, no. 2, P.Lond. III 1308 descr., TM 39618)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary will of a woman of Hermopolis whose name is lost, who appoints Agathocles as her executor; written by Aurelius Taurinus, son of Ioseph, as the testatrix is illiterate; with subscriptions of seven witnesses at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 December 521-25 January 522
Extent:
Fragmentary papyrus sheet, dark-brown, broken off at the top and right, with insect holes and abrasion; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 24 lines from the foot of a column, all lacking the ends, for a loss of 15-19 letters per line. The left and lower margins are extant and measure 20 and 80 mm respectively. The papyrus was folded up from bottom to top; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1026. Papyrus 1309

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1309
Title:
Order of Arrest (P.Lond. III 1309, TM 38314)
Scope & Content:
Order from the comes Gerontius to the local peace-keeping officials (eirenarchs) of the village of Ares to secure the murderers of a rural guard (agrophylax).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Small papyrus slip, complete and well preserved, somewhat torn in the lower right edge and with few small insect holes in places; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 4 lines, complete; margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1027. Papyrus 1310

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1310
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 1310(a-b), TM 39619-39620)
Scope & Content:
Two receipts acknowledging tax payments made in the name of Nonna, daughter of Olympiodorus, through Basilides on account of public taxes, issued by Phoebammon, a tax-official (diastoleus), through the tax-collector (apaitetes) Victor. Lines 1-7 (P.Lond. III 1310(a) descr., TM 39619): Receipt f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:
Long and narrow papyrus slip, pale-brown, complete, with minor surface damage in places, especially in the upper part. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; there are 13 complete lines, which occupy less than the upper half of the sheet; margins are extant, with the side and upper being minimal. The blank space at the bottom measures 180 mm and bears ink along the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1028. Papyrus 1311

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1311
Title:
Official Letter (SB XXII 15492, P.Lond. III 1311 descr., TM 38315)
Scope & Content:
Order of Euphemius to the village headmen (protokometai) of Ibion Chyseos to pay wages and expenses to the assistant Aphous and to exact money from Taurinus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:
Papyrus slip, complete but damaged by insect holes; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 7 lines; margins are extant. A sheet-join runs from left to right at c. 35 mm from the top. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1029. Papyrus 1312

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1312
Title:
Acknowledgment for Payment of Wine (SB XX 14171, P.Lond. III 1312 descr., TM 38434)
Scope & Content:
Callinicus acknowledges receipt of ten knidia (a wine measure) of common wine from the heirs of the priest Theodorus through Basilides for the ship of the monastery of Saint Taurinus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Papyrus slip, complete but with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 4 lines, abraded; margins are extant, with the right being irregular and the other margins measuring c. 10 mm. The papyrus was folded in the middle; it is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1030. Papyrus 1313

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1313
Title:
Division of Land (P.Lond. III 1313 ro., TM 22881), and Account (P.Lond. III 1313 vo. descr., TM 38316)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 22881): Portion of a contract for the division of land between Aurelius Victor, son of Taurinus, and Flavius Menas, son of Phoebammon, of the unit of the Mauri. Dated to 1 December 507. Verso (TM 38316): Sixth-century accounts. Unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Portion of a papyrus roll, made up of two sheets, the upper sheet (front) displaying horizontal fibres and the lower vertical fibres; darkened throughout, broken off at the bottom (front) and with insect holes and surface damage. It is written on both sides across the fibres. The front bears 18 lines, with two interlinear additions and a speck of another line at the bottom; the blank space at the top measures 105 mm; side margins survive. On the back there are two columns written across the fibres; the margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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